On June 28th, 2023, a lady named Dong Lina gave a speech at the graduation ceremony of the Communication University of China. She encouraged everyone to follow their dreams, love what they do, stay grounded and feel responsible toward their country, society and the world. What makes it more inspiring is that Dong is visually impaired and the first visually impaired (视障) student in China to receive a master's degree in Broadcasting and Hosting Art (播音与主持艺术).
Dong was born in Dalian and lost her sight (视力) when she was ten. She completed her education at a school for people like her in Dalian and read hundreds of Braille (不拉耶盲文) books in her free time. Later, she studied traditional Chinese medicine and then worked as a massage therapist.
In 2006, Dong had the chance to study broadcasting and hosting. She realized the power of the human voice and fell in love with broadcasting. Since then, Dong has been practicing her pronunciation by reading Braille materials almost all the time. After that, she went to college and received a bachelor's degree (学士学位) in broadcasting and hosting. In 2019, she continued her studies and set her mind on a master's degree in Broadcasting and Hosting Art at the Communication University of China.
Even though she faced challenges, Dong always has a guiding light in her heart. She held on to her dreams and always worked hard, even when things were difficult. "There's something people haven't tried before," said Dong, "you can be the one to show everyone how it's done!"
I am not a brave girl, and even a little mouse scares me. 1 I've been crazy about bungee jumping. One day, I found a good place for this exciting 2 in Thailand by surfing the Internet. I packed my bag and flew there. However, I had no idea how to get to the address listed on the 3 . I called them and took a taxi, but the driver didn't know the way, either. He dropped me halfway.
Having bought some bread, I had to wait for the car that should pick me up. Just then a young man jumped out of a car and asked if I was Jenny, Then we 4 to the bungee jumping place. I was amazed by the sights along the road through the window of the car.
I quickly signed an agreement which said I might die, and 5 a harness(安全带). The guide led me through a gate, asked me to sit in a special seat and tied my 6 and ankles well.
I was nervous but not scared. As soon as I stood up and felt my ankles 7 together, I got scared. I walked slowly to the edge(边) of the bridge and looked back. The workers looked at me and couldn't help laughing. At last it was time to go. So I jumped as 8 forward as I could.
At that moment my memory seemed to stop. I felt 9 going up, like riding a fast lift, and then another drop and…... Finally, I stopped in the air. I spread my arms wide, laughing loudly and 10 . The workers pulled me up, smiling at me.
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Evans Wadongo was from a poor village of Africa. He had to do homework by the light of a kerosene lamp (煤油灯). Evans' eyes hurt and this made studying difficult.
However Evans was excellent enough to enter a university. But he continued to worry about the kerosene lamp. He realized it was not just bad for school children but for the whole family. First, it can cause illnesses such as coughs. Also, the light can hurt people's eyes. Besides, it can lead to fires. Lastly, kerosene is expensive, so families have less money for food. It was difficult to come up with a different kind of lamp that was cheap and good for the environment. Yet Evans did not give up.
One day, he had an idea. He could use a small solar (太阳能) light. Sunlight is free and solar power is clean. Evans built his first solar lamp, and it worked. He began to build more lamps and sent them to local families. An organization heard about this and provided money for him to build more solar lamps.
Each lamp only cost $20. However, this was a lot of money to many villagers, so Evans made sure he kept the cost down. He used recycled materials and ask volunteers to build the lamps. Finally, people from many countries gave away money to his team, so the lamps were usually free.
The solar lamps made a big difference to thousands of people. Julia a mother of three, said, "Thanks to Evans, my children have light to read, and I have my own light to cook."
a. Evans went to a university.
b. Thousands of people had safe light.
c. His first solar lamp was invented.
d. Kerosene lamps hurt Evans' eyes.
e. Recycled materials were used in the lamps.
f. People from many countries gave away money.
What is the best-selling book in the world? According to the Guinness World Records, the Xinhua Dictionary, published by the Commercial Press in China, is the world's most popular dictionary and the best-selling book.
In 1950, Chinese language experts, Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit(编辑) the Xinhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion, research and paper work. Some hand scripts(稿件) were checked again and again like compositions, People's Daily reported. .
In 1953, the first Xinhua Dictionary came out. Today, 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold around the world.
However, revisions(修订) to the dictionary continue to be made. According to Yu Guilin from Commercial Press, editors usually summarize the meaning of words again while revising. "To give a correct explanation of the word "焗油(deep condition)", one editor went to a barber shop to experience it for himself," Yu told the Beijing Times. .
To keep up with the times, some popular and widely used internet words are also added to the dictionary. For example, in the 11th edition, the phrases "晒工资(show off salary)" and "(show off pictures)" were included.
The Xinhua Dictionary is not only a useful tool for generations of Chinese people. It also helps foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.
A. All these efforts create the "National Dictionary" of China.
B. Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden?
C. So far, the Xinhua Dictionary has been revised 11 times.
D. Do you like to use dictionaries?
E. If the example sentences are out of date, editors(编辑) need to have experiences and make new examples.
F. Many people's hard work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary.
Now, studying online has become a common way of learning. The biggest difference between studying online and studying in school is that our teachers can't ▲ us all the time, so we should be able to control ourselves. I didn't know this at first. During our online classes, I often got distracted by my mobile phone.
For this reason, I didn't do well in the midterm exam. At that time, I realized that I had to do something to improve my online study habits, so I made up my mind to concentrate (集中注 意力) on the online classes. Finally, I made much progress in the final exam.
Now I want to offer you some ways I used to improve my learning during the online classes. Firstly, make a list of what you should do and what you shouldn't do. Try your best to follow it. Don't set your aims too high at first, because proper aims can help you to make the list work. Secondly, keep your mobile phones out of your reach when you study. Give them to your parents if necessary. Thirdly, make efforts to review and overcome your shortcomings in the process of review. You can ask your teachers for help or work with your classmates.
In general, we should stick to keeping good learning habits all the time. I hope that all students can study better both online and offline.
①setting a high aim at the beginning of his learning
② making a list of what he should do and what he shouldn't do
③ making efforts to review and overcome his shortcoming
④keeping the mobile phones away from him when he studied
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Wang Xuan was one of the most famous computer scientists. He invented the technology for printing Chinese characters and is known "The Father of the Chinese Language Laser Typesetting (激光排版)".
Laser typesetting for the Chinese language was a problem for scientists all over the world there is a big difference between Chinese and Engish writing systems. For this reason, Wang Xuan began his research in
1975. He was not afraid to try new technology and he never gave up though he didn't succeed all the time. Now, his amazing invention is used all over the world and it has been helpful to the Chinese newspaper publishing industry.
Wang Xuan is believed to be the most important developer in printing Chinese after Bi Sheng. His life story teaches us that a person should follow his own dream and try his best to make come true.
